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| Scientific Name | Chaetostoma taczanowskii Steindachner, 1882 |
| Common Name(s) | None |
| Type Locality | Río Tortora and Río Huambo, Upper Amazon, Peru. |
| Pronunciation | KATE oh STOW mah |
| Etymology | Greek, chaite = hair + Greek, stoma = mouth The specific epithet is named for Polish zoologist Wladyslaw Taczanowski, a prominent 19th century zoologist who wrote several significant studies including Birds of Poland (1882) and Ornithology of Peru (1884-86). |
| Species Information | |
| Size | 155mm (6.1") SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp. |
| Identification | The genus Chaetostoma is not straight-forward to identify, but as a general rule, the species has spines behind the gill-cover (interopercular odontodes), no plates on the abdomen, and aside from C. platyrhynchus also lack plates on the snout edge. Different from Ancistrus by not having fleshy tentacles on the snout. |
| Sexing | The males have however a larger and broader head, slimmer ventral sides and disproportionately large pelvic fins. Perhaps the over-sized pelvic fins play a large role in the fertilization of the eggs. By inverting these over the clutch of eggs, they prevent the sperm cells being carried away by fast water current. |
| General Remarks | Fishbase reports 170 mm TL. |
| Habitat Information | |
| Distribution | South America: Huallaga and Urubamba River basins. Amazon, Upper Amazon, Marañón  , Huallaga (hover or click on these areas to show maps or find other species found there)Amazon, Upper Amazon, Marañón , Ucayali , Urubamba (hover or click on these areas to show maps or find other species found there) |
| Husbandry Information | |
| Furniture | Well rounded stones stacked to replicate a river bottom and provide caves. |
| Breeding | Unreported. |
| Further Information | |
| References | Anz. Akad. Wiss. Wien v. 19 (no. 19) 177 |
| Registered Keepers | None.  Add this species to your "my cats" page. |
| Breeding Reports | None. |
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| Last Update | 2006 Nov 11 06:09 (species record created: 2005 Oct 07 00:00) |
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